The Pros And Cons Of The Trans-Atlantic Tunnel

Hundreds of ideas have been presented for an undersea tunnel that could possibly run underneath the Atlantic Ocean, where trains would reach speeds of over 5,000 miles per hour and the cities of New York and Paris would connect. The journey between Europe and the United States would take less than an hour. As compared to flight these trains, which would run on a magnetic field along the track inside a vacuum tight tunnel, are supposed to theoretically be faster and use electricity as a fuel source. Though due to issues like injury and cost, the project remains debated. The Trans-Atlantic Tunnel will, in theory, cost a minimum of 12 trillion dollars. That's 4 billion dollars a mile! Along with that, 1 billion tons of steel will be depended upon, which is a combined effort of all the globe’s steel mills for over a year. Between weather and hazardous underwater conditions(for both humans and other animals) the question arises on whether or not such a project is worth continuing research on or even funding. …show more content…
If the maglev train is to reach the speeds it promises high security measures need to be put in place. Even the slightest instability could pose a threat since it only takes a small infraction to damage the system. Adjusting to the perfect level of stability tends to be the largest troubleshoot area in the Trans-Atlantic building. Enhancement of speed is required. A vacuum type model has been suggested in order to obtain the high speeds; however, using this type of tunnel has proven to be problematic over short distances, now they have to answer on how engineers would achieve this for an over 4,000 mile long tunnel.
Ignoring the obvious dangers to wildlife and people, the Trans-Atlantic Tunnel will remain a major hinderance in implementation. No matter how great the civil engineering is to the history of mankind the feasibility and risk factors wouldn’t be worth the